s burnt with fire, and Azotus, and the suburbs thereof,
that were destroyed, and the bodies that were cast abroad, and the
graves of them that were slain in the battle, which they had made near
the way.

11:5. And they told the king that Jonathan had done these things, to
make him odious: but the king held his peace.

11:6. And Jonathan came to meet the king at Joppe with glory, and they
saluted one another, and they lodged there.

11:7. And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river, called
Eleutherus: and he returned into Jerusalem.

11:8. And king Ptolemee got the dominion of the cities by the sea side,
even to Seleucia, and he devised evil designs against Alexander.

11:9. And he sent ambassadors to Demetrius, saying: Come, let us make a
league between us, and I will give thee my daughter whom Alexander hath,
and thou shalt reign in the kingdom of thy father.

11:10. For I repent that I have given him my daughter: for he hath
sought to kill me.

11:11. And he slandered him, because he coveted his kingdom,

11:12. And he took away his daughter, and gave her to Demetrius, and
alienated himself from Alexander, and his enmities were made manifest.

11:13. And Ptolemee entered into Antioch, and set two crowns upon his
head, that of Egypt, and that of Asia.

11:14. Now king Alexander was in Cilicia at that time: because they that
were in those places had rebelled.

11:15. And when Alexander heard of it, he came to give him battle: and
king Ptolemee brought forth his army, and met him with a strong power,
and put him to flight.

11:16. And Alexander fled into Arabia, there to be protected: and king
Ptolemee was exalted.

11:17. And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander's head, and sent it to
Ptolemee.

11:18. And king Ptolemee died the third day after: and they that were in
the strong holds were destroyed by them that were within the camp.

11:19. And Demetrius reigned in the hundred and sixty-seventh year.

11:20. In those days Jonathan gathered together them that were in Judea,
to take the castle that was in Jerusalem: and they made many engines of
war against it.

11:21. Then some wicked men that hated their own nation, went away to
king Demetrius, and told him that Jonathan was besieging the castle.

11:22. And when he heard it, he was angry: and forthwith he came to
Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan that he should not besiege the castle,
but should come to him in haste, and speak to him.